The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-17


son, left on Wednesday last for the
northern summer resorts where they will
spend the remainder of the summer.
During mis- stay the Captain will pur-
chase a new outfit of machinery for
the Madison Cotton Mills and will greatly
increase the capacity and double their force
of workmen for the next season.
An agent of the Hyatt system of water
works was in Kissimmee Tuesday looking
! up the chances of putting in a system of
their works there The agent thought that
| $4,000 would put works that would supply
the town with 100000 gallons of water
! daily, every drop of which would pass
through one of the patent filters, thereby
making its publication thorough aud COM
| plete.
1t will require 10000 brick for the
foundation of the new sugar mill at ks
simmee. The main building of the mill
will be 50 feet wide by $50 long, three
stories high. This does not include engine
room or other necessary out-buildings. The
main building will be covered and sided
with corrugated iron, making it practically
fire proof. The building will be ready about
| Oct. |.
Kissimmee Leader: We learn that the
big squash-weighing sixty and one-half
| pOunds-bTOught us some weeks ago by Les
ter Granger was only one of four grown on
the same vine, one of which is considerably
larger than the one he brought us and is
! still growing. But squash is not the only
| big thing he raises Tuesday he brought us
an egg plant measuring 215 inches one way
and % inches the other.
w r. Marcum, living near Lake City,
had strange experience lately. He went
| into the store of Steve Roberts to make
| few purchases and on coming out lost his
pocket-book Search being made, a pocket
book was found in the sand, but Mr.. Mar
cum was positive it was not his and Mr..
| Roberts identified it as belonging to Tom
Sistrunk, which had been lost in the earlier
| part of the day. 1t puzzles Mr.. Marcum
G. B. Sparkman has been elected Mayor
of Tampa, defeating II. G.. Ferris. The other
officers elected are W. T. Haskins, Jr., Mar
shall; j. Lamont Bailey, Clerk and Treas
urer; J. c. Robbins, Tax Assessor; A. NJ,
| Fleming, Tax Collector. For Councilmen:
Joseph A. Walker, c.. NJ. Ybor, c. N. Brig
ham, S. l.. Bigelow, w. B. Henderson, I. S.
| Giddens, H. l.. Knight w. A. Honaker, C.
E. Harrison, j. E. Mitchell, Fred NJ. Myer.
Uncle Peter" the old colored fiddler who
is somewhat off in his upper story took in
Jasper again in his wanderings last week.
| The old fellow was as agreeable as ever, and
was so loaded down with old watches, chains
and charms that he looked like a watch
tinkers shop window struck by lightning.
| Peter can take tune and twist it into more
shapes than any man alive. He wanders all
over the State, and frequently gets as far
north as Savannah, Ga.
One of the residents of Lake City has
| boy years old who cannot be excelled in
toughness and strength anywhere. He
| swings to a rope with both hands and clings
| to it for some minutes. Not long since his
mother called him into the house. He re-
fused to go. She said run, somebody, and
| get me switch" The young gentleman
| quietly but firmly said 80, I'm coming
| AS much as to say: II won't put you to
that much trouble, on my account" So he
| picked himself up and trotted in.
The outlook for Sumter county is indeed
| bright, and there is no doubt but what the
| farmers will be in a far better condition this
| season than for some years past The acre
! age in corn, potatoes, sugar cane, peas, etc,
! has been largely increased and cheering
news comes to us from every direction as to
the condition of all crops. Besides more at
tention has been given to stock raising than
| heretofore. There are a great many hogs,
sheep and cattle in the county nd these
are healthy and in good condition. The
| orange groves have been closely looked after,
and thousands of acres set out this season in
| young trees.
Mariana Enquirer: Caterpillars have
been seen on the plantation of Mr.. J. A.
| SUI, TWO illtleS WeSU Oh uOWll, ana also
| on the farm of Mr.. j. Y. Dykes, ten miles
east of Mariana. Being discovered at
these points east and west of us would indi
| cate more general appearance, but by re-
| peated inquiries we have yet to hear of this
enemy TO the cotton plant in other localities
of our county. 1t is to be hoped that these
| gentlemen are mistaken, and that instead
of the caterpillar it is the grass worm. We
| might add, however, that the rainy season
| with which we have been visited is propitious
for the appearance of the caterpillar.
The determination recently manifested to
build hotel at Mariana by the citizens of
the town indicates that the project has solid
| backing and will certainly be built Ten
per cent. of the subscribed stock has already
been paid, and on Aug l Is per cent adj
ditional will have been paid in, with an
additional 25 per cent to be paid on Oct. l.
| The site has already been determined
upon-the corner lot upon which the
| Widgeon residence stood, and which is the
most eligible and of ample dimensions. Mr.
! Welsh, the owner, agrees, in the purchase
of this property, to take the $500 in stock,
thereby showing his faith in the benefit to
be derived from its acquisition. The di-
rectors have secured a photograph of ho-
| tel recently built in South Florida, which,
with minor alterations in size of rooms,
width of hall and the addition of water,
both hot and cold through the house, they
will adopt this plan.
Last Saturday night, at Columbus City,
six or seven negroes were gambling and be-
came involved in a dispute One of the
men was well pounded. They separated
without bloodshed, but the next night a
party of men, headed, it is supposed by
Lewis Sumter, went to the house of Squire
Blackshear, the FOUNDER, and shot eleven
buckshot at him through the window. One
of the shots penetrated his right
ear, but glanced downward lodging
i'll the muscular part of the
throat, a narrow escape, but he seems to be
all right at present, and goes around as
usual. Another shot passed through his
hand and another through the arm. The
rest of the shot and the pistol bullets lodged
in the house An affidavit was made, search
begun, two men arrested as accomplices,
and diligent search made for Lewis Sumter.
but lie had fled into Georgia. Last Tuesday
the alleged accomplices were brought be-
fore Justice DeFerro, and their cases con
tinued until next Monday.
ma. W.